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Look for us at the Winter Beer Festival

Posted by admin | News | Posted on February 22nd, 2008

The News Review:

- Look for us at the Winter Beer Festival
- Extreme brews go higher
- Elysian Winter Beer Festival on Saturday at the Capitol Hill Location
- Bills vs. buds: Weighing price against flavor for best beer
- Domestic Beer – US

Look for us at the Winter Beer Festival
mlive.com – Feb 22, 2008
Live-blogging from the Michigan Winter Beer Festival! Your KalamaBrew Blogger Action Team will be seeking out Michigan beer lovers and handing out free schwag at the Michigan Winter Beer Festival from noon – 2 p. We’ll be passing out KalamaBrew themed bottle openers and beer-tasting rating cards for you and your friends. In return we hope you’ll tell us about some of your favorite breweries and beers at the Festival. We’ll be live-blogging from the Fest as well so if you missed the bus or just decided to stay inside where it’s warm keep your internets tuned to.

Extreme brews go higher
San Francisco Chronicle – Feb 22, 2008
Beer typically averages around 5 percent alcohol by volume but some craft brews are creeping higher and higher not only catching up to wine which generally falls around 13 percent but even surpassing it. Hair of the Dog a brewery in Portland re. once hit the 29 percent mark while its regular beers average about 10 percent. wner and brewmaster Alan Sprints says he was inspired by British barleywine a 19th century farmhouse ale that had all but died out… Beer typically averages around 5 percent alcohol by volume but some craft brews are creeping higher and higher not only catching up to wine which generally falls around 13 percent but even surpassing it. Hair of the Dog a brewery in Portland re. once hit the 29 percent mark while its regular beers average about 10 percent. wner and brewmaster Alan Sprints says he was inspired by British barleywine a 19th century farmhouse ale that had all but died out. Well-made higher-alcohol beers “have more flavor more body and can accept more hops because of their higher sugar” he says.

Elysian Winter Beer Festival on Saturday at the Capitol Hill Location
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Feb 22, 2008
Elysian Winter Beer Festival on Saturday at the Capitol Hill Location. This mini-fest lets Elysian feature some of their favorite winter beers of the year.

Bills vs. buds: Weighing price against flavor for best beer
Bowdoin rient – Feb 22, 2008
If I had to make an educated guess I would estimate that light beers kegs included make up somewhere between 70 to 80 percent of the total beer purchased and consumed by Bowdoin students. As with any other beer styles there exist a number of brands and types of light beers and we are greeted with a myriad of choices as we wander wide-eyed and thirsty down the aisles of Hannaford’s Bootlegger’s or Uncle Tom’s. While the obvious choice is often a 30-rack of Natural Keystone or perhaps an upgrade to Coor’s it is not uncommon to find oneself drawn to the somewhat less-economical and ever growing selection of bottled light beers. With time tested domestic veterans such as Bud and Coor’s as well as relatively newer offerings from Sam Adams Heineken and Beck’s it is easy to wonder just how much better some of the “premium” light beers are than their cheaper and more widely available canned brethren. To answer this pivotal question I have decided to taste and comment on a selection of light beers running the span from cheap to premium to shed some light on such a popular style.

Domestic Beer – US
Free with registration – Business Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 22, 2008
html With domestic beer volume sales flat during 2002-07 market reassessment is in order. This report provides actionable insights needed. CPYRIGHT 2008 Business Wire.